Housing: Low Incomes

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the research commissioned by her Department on the Evaluation of Social Homebuy Scheme for Affordable Housing (reference RAE 3/6/135); and what the cost was of the research.

Caroline Flint: The report was published on 12 June 2008 in electronic format only at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/housing/social homebuyevaluation
	The total cost of the research was £160,877.40. This comprised a contract for £157,734.25 with the University of Birmingham to conduct the research and £3,143.12 typesetting and publication preparation costs.